Hat-fastener.



W. HARADEN.

HAT FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

137 mm: as Q I invention consists in a band adapted to be band, the band having two pairs of eyes at its elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to substantially U-shaped pins slidable through UNITED STATES rn'rnnr anion WILLIAM HARADEN, 0F LANESVILLE, MASSACEUSETTS.

HAT-EASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:- 1

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HARADEN, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Lanesville, in the-county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to hat fasteners, and has for one of its objects toimprove the construction and increase the eiiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simply constructed device of this character which may be detachably supported within the hat and by means of which the hat may besecurely fastened to the hair of the. wearer.

With these and other objects in viewithe detachably secured within the hat and provided with spaced eyes arranged in pairs, and

the eyes and with their inner ends enlarged laterally to prevent withdrawal from the and.

The invention further consists in a band formed from a single piece of wire bent into a substantially annular shape and with eyes at the ends engaging aroundthe body of the opposite sides, and substantially U-shaped pins slidable through the eyes with their inner ends enlarged laterally to prevent with-, drawal from the band.

he invention further consistsin certain novel features of construction as herein shown and described and. specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a Zide 1 f 4 is a side elevation applied to a hat, the ha lt being in section.

Theimproved device is designed more particularly for securing ladies hats in place on the head without the necessity for detaching any of the parts, and consists generally in a band adapted to be inserted within the hat and possessing suflicient resiliency to be retained in position therein by pressure only and provided with spaced eyes at opposite I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Septeniber 9, 1908. Serial ihsazsi.

Patented May 18, 190$.

sides through which substantially U-shaped pins are adapted to be slidably disposed, and pins having lateral enlargements at their inner or point ends so that while the pins will freely move through the eyes when being ap lied to the hat, the lateral projections wi prevent the pins from being entirely removed from the eyes or from the hat. The band will preferably be of resilient wire and is represented-as a whole at 10 and with eyes 11-12 at the ends, the eyes engaging around the body of the band, as shown, so that the band will expand by its resiliency and thus adapt itself automatically to-the size of the hat, represented at 13, the band will expand therein and be held with sufficient tension to be retained in place without other fastening means. The band is likewise formed at 0pposite sides into eyes 14, the eyes arranged in pairs, as shown.

The pins employed in connection with the improved device are formed'kfrom U-shaped wire and are represented as a Whole at 15 and with the usual points 16 to enable them to .pass freely through the hair of the thus become detached from the band, while a at the same time the lateral extensions do not prevent the pins from being thrust readily through the hair of the wearer. The eyes l iare bent in the form of loops from the wire band 10 and when applying the pins to the band 10, they are thrust through the eyes before the flattened portions are produced, and then the latter formed by a suitable implement to prevent the withdrawalof the pins. When the device is to. be applied the pins are withdrawn so far as the enlargements 17' will permit and after the hat is properly placed upon the head of the wearer the pins are thrust inwardly in the -same manner as with an ordinary hatin, and the hat thus secured in place. The

and 10 and the pins 15 may be constructed of any size, and will preferably be of steel, plated or otherwise ornamented, or may be of any other metal which possesses the requisite resiliency. The bands 10 may be of various sizes to adapt them to different forms of hats.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and when imposition within the hat at the terminals of the band and slidebly en band formed from a single piece of resilient Wire formed with integral U-sheped loops spa-eed apart at opposite sides thereof and depending therefrom, the loops being bent into coils at their lower ends, means for slidebly coupling the terminals of seid' bend, and U-sheped pins siidehle threiigh said coils.

In tes imony whereof, i efiix my signe- 20 ture; in presenee of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HARAEEN.

is entirely concealed from View, and does not therefore detract from the appearance ofi the hat.

What is claimed is v 1. A hat -fastener com rising an annular bend formed froma sing e piece of resilient wire having integral spaced loops depending therefrom at opposite sides, and with eyes gaging amend the body of the same, and U-shaped pins slidable through the loops. 2. A hat fastener comprising an annular Witnesses HOWARD B. FOSTER, ALBERT I11. Bess. 

